This man apologizing to a stingray after Steve Irwin's death is a touching story of forgiveness
A heartening tale of redemption.
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May this story teach us all a lesson about forgiveness.
A year ago, Twitter user GavBurl, struggling with the loss of Steve Irwin, threatened to punch a stingray floating in an aquarium touch pool to defend Irwin's honor.
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"I should punch it though just to let it know Steve Irwin still got shooters out here," he said. Irwin was killed in 2006 after a stingray attacked him.
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But yesterday GavBurl sought forgiveness.
With a heartfelt apology to the innocent stingray, who he affectionately called a water pancake, he made peace and ended "the cycle of violence" he had created.
It doesn't get much better than "I love you Water Pancake."
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